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Resources from GCIR's 2022 National Convening workshop, "Dismantling Ableist Immigration Policies."
Program Materials
... young, and our elderly. So it may not be surprising that immigrant communities are disproportionately impacted by the ... needs—now more than ever: Their frontline work is in low-wage jobs that often do not offer paid sick leave or ... role in bolstering the capacity of immigrant-serving community-based organizations to provide direct support. In ...
May 15, 2020
Commentary
... Foundations to establish the New York City COVID-19 Immigrant Emergency Relief program, reaffirming the City’s ... This crisis has laid bare just how much we depend on low-wage workers who stock our grocery shelves, harvest and ... philanthropy comes together with local government and community-based organizations, our ability to help the most ...
April 16, 2020
Response Fund
... waging the war on immigrants. Episode 4 focuses on the immigrant workers who went to Panama City to help rebuild after ... in 2018. Conservative residents admit they need these workers to recover from the damage. They are essential. The ...
August 18, 2020
Webinar
May 11, 2022
... for GCIR's webinar, " Intersectional Justice: Migrant Workers and Economic Justice" here, including recording and ... presentation. Materials: Intersectional Justice: Migrant Workers and Economic Justice ...
August, 2021
Program Materials
... for economic exploitation. This exploitation of rural workers is compounded by factors including lack of employment ... of exploitation and harm. As we well know, the ability of workers to build power, organize, and collectively advocate ... Group to hear directly from leaders at Food Chain Workers Alliance and Demo Lab South about current ...
November 30, 2023
Webinar
... As the country reopens, the demand for temporary workers is on the rise – from the agricultural industry ... to the hospitality industry seeking H-2B seasonal workers. However, the temporary worker visa program (aka ... with investigations into exploitation and abuse of migrant workers, does not provide a pathway for immigrants to stay in ...
August 4, 2021
Webinar
October, 2021
Program Materials
Resources from GCIR's 2022 National Convening workshop, "Black Immigrants and the Fight for Racial Justice."
May, 2022
Program Materials
... Amplify blog series, where we feature interviews with immigrant justice field leaders to showcase their work and ... Co-executive Director of the Western North Carolina Workers' Center . Read on as Magaly shares her insights on ... and the important role philanthropy can play in building immigrant worker power and leadership in rural areas. Let’s ...
May 3, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... the coronavirus pandemic has stolen jobs from non-citizen workers — including immigrants who have green cards, work ... tax credit to undocumented workers, solutions backed by immigrant advocates. “To me this whole pandemic is a ... families are also excluded from claiming tax refunds for low-wage workers, though a pending state bill would ...
May 21, 2020
News Article
... holders of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), temporary workers and farmworkers, refugees and asylum seekers. The ...
November, 2017
Funding Recommendations
... immigrants. We are all in this together . We stand with immigrant families and continue to advocate policy changes ... time. Many immigrants are on the frontlines as grocery workers, janitors, truck drivers, and port workers helping us ... be inclusive of all immigrants. This crisis is hitting low-wage workers the hardest, putting many immigrants out ...
April 3, 2020
News Article
... in the state — lost her job. Now, the undocumented immigrant from Honduras spends her days confined to the room ... from those provisions. Even though many undocumented workers collectively pay billions of dollars in taxes, they ... that — while highlighted by the current pandemic — low-wage workers have struggled with for years, said ...
March 31, 2020
News Article
... (GCIR) today announced the launch of the California Immigrant Resilience Fund, seeking to raise $50 million to ... the coronavirus crisis on the frontlines as essential workers in healthcare, food and grocery supply chains, and ... and another $2 billion in federal taxes, but many work in low-wage sectors hit hardest by the pandemic, from caregiving ...
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... and hate that characterized the Trump era united the immigrant justice movement to stand in defense, fight back, ... Jr. Family Fund, a local foundation that helps strengthen community-based organizations in Sonoma County. That was a ... represent my migrant parents, the immigrant agricultural workers in Napa and Sonoma counties, the DACA recipients who ...
May 11, 2023
Blog Post
... Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation toward the California Immigrant Resilience Fund . The Fund, launched on April 15, ... undocumented immigrants, including farmworkers, workers in other low-wage sectors, and immigrants who are indigenous, LGBTQI, ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release